After 20 days, Appalachian Regional is back online

Appalachian Regional Healthcare has completed its recovery from a cyber attack a full 20 days after it was first discovered.

The efforts to achieve a recovery were difficult, the chain acknowledged. The timeline for resolution continued for 10 days after the 11-hospital delivery system first announced the breach and, at the time, suggested that it would be “back up to 100 percent very soon.”